Revelation 18:2

Revelation 18:2 @kai. fulakh. panto.j qhri,ou avkaqa,rtou# {C}

The multiplicity of variations among the witnesses, though complicated, is set forth clearly in the following tabular arrangement (drawn up for the Committee by Dr. Klaus Junack), where the three main elements are represented by 1, 2, and 3, and the five groups of readings are represented by A, B, C, D, and E.

1 kai. fulakh. panto.j pneu,matoj avkaqa,rtou
2 kai. fulakh. panto.j ovrne,ou avkaqa,rtou
3 kai. fulakh. panto.j qhri,ou avkaqa,rtou

It will be observed that amid the variety of readings each concludes with kai. memishme,nou, except that quoted by Primasius, who transposes the second and third elements. The similarities of the beginning and ending of the three main elements gave ample occasion for accidental omission. The Committee was of the opinion that all three elements (each of which involves an allusion to Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:11) probably belonged to the original text of Revelation; since, however, kai. fulakh. panto.j qhri,ou avkaqa,rtou is absent from such important witnesses as a 2053 2080 vg al, it was decided to enclose these words within square brackets.